into st. mary's county. rain showers are a big part of the forecast for today. heavier, steadier showers move in tonight and into tomorrow. we could be under the gun for severe storms tomorrow. we will give you the details in the seven-day coming up. we are following a story from northbound washington. d.c. police are trying to figure out how a man fell down a smoke stack to his death. >> derrick ward joins us live from the scene with details. do we know what the man was doing up there? >> reporter: well, we may indeed know. let me set the scene for you a bit. now, there is a nine-story apartment building here at the intersection of connecticut and marbro. and folks were taking in the view early this morning and then had a tragic out come.

we were told it was 3:45 when police, fire and ems were called to the nine-story building for a report that somebody had fallen down a smoke stack from the roof. a spokesperson from the d.c. fire and ems tells us what happens next. >> when we were arrived on the scene, the firefighters were greeted by people who indicated that they were on the roof and an acquaintance climbed op smoke stack, and then apparently had fallen down. of course, rescue workers went to the roof and down to the lower levels, an additional technical team arrived on the scene, and we found an adult male at the shaft at the level of the eight or nine story building. >> reporter: that person was announced at the scene. he was identified as an adult male in his 20s. he fell at least 100 feet.

we are told that alcohol was a factor. we are live here in northwest, and now back to you. >> thank you, derek. new today, a man in the hospital after being stabbed several times. this happened overnight at grand view in wheaten. the man was conscious and breathing when taken to the hospital. he is currently in stable condition. police are still looking for his attacker. they think he might have gotten away in a blue vehicle. court papers reveal shocking new details about the planning that went into the shooting in southeast washington. investigators know this because one of the men charged appears to be cooperating with police. >> reporter: the court documents outline the blind hatred and revenge that led to the worse shooting in the city's history. it began eight days earlier when jordan howe was shot, and two

others were injured. the motive was the suspected robbery of a gold-colored bracelet, later found to be misplaced and the shooting was planned by the brother of the bracelet's owner, orlando carter. carter fled the hospital and vowed venlgance on those responsible. and he said, quote, i will shoot up the funeral. carter's gang already had two handguns and an ak-47 became focused of obtaining another gun. he said he knew a man, tavon nelson, who had one. he ordered his men to kill nelson and get the gun for orlando carter. and carter drove his men and hit the automatic open window on all of the windows. and after the shooting stopped a witness says the minivan did not move for approximately ten

seconds. he could see the bodies of those strewn about. a police car saw the van speed away. orlando carter and simms were captured. police say that such was the climate of fear that orlando carter created in the community, if he would have gotten away that night they feel they might not have ever arrested him. this weekend be prepared for metro delays because of track work. you can expect up to 40-minute delays this weekend on the red, blue and orange lines. and crews will replace old tracks with new ones. you may want to give yourself extra time if you are going to the nats games today and tomorrow. if you ride metro, you may have gotten your purse or almost an

elbow caught in the door. but one man says the doors closed right on his neck friday morning. other passengers screamed when they realized his head was outside and his body still inside. >> just it shut on my neck. and i am in shock. i am wondering if this was actually happening. >> reporter: he said he was getting off the train when the doors suddenly closed around his neck, trapping him inside. >> i said help me, somebody help me. i dropped what i had in my hands, and i could feel other people behind me trying to help out. >> he said the doors closed so fast he did not have time to get out of the way. he feared the train would take off with his head stuck in the doors. >> it felt like a long time, but i can't tell you whether it was maybe 20 seconds, 30 seconds.

>> reporter: an alert sounded before the doors close, but he says he did not hear that warning. >> i am an experienced metro rider, and i did not hear that. >> he said he had red marks on his neck from where the door squeezed him and got a headache, but was otherwise unharmed. he says he thinks the train should be equipped with panic buttons for situations like this. >> i think in the event where something happens like that, maybe there should be a button or something somebody pushes, an emergency button to open the doors. >> reporter: investors say they are planning to interview the chain operator as part of the investigation, and they want to know if this was caused by a malfunction or something else. funeral arrangements have been set for self rights

pioneer, dorothy wright. there will be a viewing at the national council of negro women. on wednesday, there will be two public memorial services. her funeral will be held next thursday at the national cathedr cathedral. the funeral will be open to the public, so several opportunities to pay respect to a richly and giving life. the time is 9:07. a proposal upsetting parents, and what soon could be missing from local school roads. a new study on kids and videos. how much time it takes for grades to start falling. and rain is in the forecast. chuck will tell you when you need to break out the umbrella when we come back.

bret michaels is in critical condition after suffering a brain hemorrhage. the 47-year-old was rushed to the intensive care with a severe headache. doctors discovered bleeding at the base of his brain stem. doctors expected him to make a full recovery, and michaels rose to stardom with the band poison, and is now a contestant on the show "the apprentice."

men were taken to a federal courthouse in norfolk, virginia, yesterday. the u.s. flew the suspected somali pirates from east africa where they were held on american ships. if convicted, they face a mandatory life sentence. the boy scouts of america must pay more than $18 million to a s abuse victim. jurors in portland, oregon, ordered the boy scouts to pay jerry lewis $18 million in punitive damages. the abuse happened back in the 1980s. >> i don't have closure yet. i have a long road ahead of me, still. but a huge jumping point, a huge start for me. >> last week a juror found them negligent. they noted the scouts never

apologized to lewis. crossing guards could be next on the chopping block in fed rick county, maryland. the sheriff's office considering eliminating the jobs at a dozen schools because of the budget. parents are not the only ones concerned about the proposal. >> reporter: how important are the crossing guards to you? >> very important. >> reporter: every afternoon when the elementary school here gets out hundreds of kids rush a across the busy intersection. but with budget cuts looming, these jobs on the chopping blocks. >> i think they find funding for things that are less important. somebody needs to be here to control the situation. >> reporter: the frederick

county sheriff's department started the program covering 15 locations. the county sheriff proposed to cut the program from the sheriff's budget next year and shift the 1$22,000 over to the schools. >> this shift would mean that we would have to reach out into the neighborhood and perform a function has previously been done by various police agencies. philosophically, we are not very comfortable with that. >> the sheriff department defends this saying it's a transportation issue, not law enforcement. >> parents are already frustrated. this year the board of education decided to cut buses to homes that live less than a mile from the school. and now they don't know what they will do when their crossing guards are not out there to protect them. with more budget talks to come,

the future of the crossing guards remains in limbo. >> a vote on the crossing guard situation is scheduled for april 28th. in news for your health this morning, it's no secret, kids love video games. it may explain why your child's school grades are suffering, especially young boys. researchers looked at boys between the ages of 6 and 9 who did not have any video game systems at home. one group was given video games and the other was not. after four months the video game players had lower reading and writing skills. >> this study had a simple finding. given new toys, a video game, and kids will play it and they will play it at the expense of reading and writing. >> experts say to limit how much time they play with them, maybe one hour a day. i can tell you, i don't think

flogger did a lot for my grades when i was in high school. >> we did not have options, atari or nintendo. >> yeah, not all that exciting. >> things were tough when i was a kid, and it will be tough with the weather over t this is whole soy.

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from earth to outer space, the hubble space telescope launched into space a board the space shuttle "discovery." since its launch it has taken millions of pictures. it's expected to be phased out in a few years, and the new telescope is scheduled to replace it in 2011. it launched into space 20 years ago, not 40 years ago. i thought i remembered that, but 40 years ago i probably would not have remembered. >> and look up hubble accomplishments, because he is one of the landmark astraunmers

of all-time. >> they could google him. it's bonus sunshine first thing this morning in the washington area. enjoy it, because it will not last all weekend long. a little bit of sunshine to get your sunshine started. a live picture of the jefferson memorial, and the 14th street complex, the george mason memorial there that comes past the jefferson memorial. and it's a pleasant day, and the sunshine temperature jumped into 59 degrees. we have only half of the average of rainfall for the month of april. april running 6.4 degrees than average.

and temperatures around the rest of the state this morning, upper 50s and low 60s where the sunshine has been able to break through first thing, but there are showers out there this morning. and a little ribbon of rain showers running down through manassas, and over i-95 and to the north of fredericksburg. and so southern calvert and down into st. mary's county as well. we can see the little track of rain shower staying south of washington. that's the reason we have the sunshine around here, but the rain showers not too far away. up in the mountains of west virginia, a wide view, and then another cluster of showers in southern ohio and northern kentucky. and that's heading our way. and here is where the industrial strength severe weather is this morning, this area is targeted for a high risk of severe weather as we go through the day today. be on the lookout, if you are traveling towards nashville, jackson, mississippi, that's where the real bad weather will be for today.

the whole area of showers will be lifting in our general direction behind the warm front as it comes through tomorrow. and so for today, one or two rumbles cannot be ruled out, and then there is the increasing risk of severe weather in the parts of mississippi river valley, and then tomorrow the risk of showers with stronger thunderstorms comes our way. high pressure giving way today. first patch of rain rolling in here overnight tonight, moderate to briefly heavy at times, and then off and on periods of showers with a rumble or two throughout the course of the day. tomorrow, our microcast hd, 8:00 this evening, another patch of showers coming through. and 2:00, moderate to heavy at times, so we will keep an eye on that. and cloudy, cooler today. rain likely, if not first thing this morning then coming up this afternoon. and then tomorrow, clouds, showers, and maybe a rumble or two of thunder.

your all-important seven-day forecast coming up. and the increased temperature will lead to a risk for severe weather tomorrow. more rumbles possible on monday. tuesday, rain shower weather, and then finally the april showers will give way to increasing chances for may flowers as we head towards the end of the week. >> the april flowers have been awesome. >> so pretty around town. >> thank you, chuck. in sports this morning, the caps tried to close out montreal. but the canadians had other plans. here at verizon center last night the capitals desperately wanted to close the series out because they did not want to go back to montreal for a game six. unfortunately, that's exactly what will happen. the capitals give up two early goals and were never able to recover. let's look at how things went down here at the verizon center last night. a rough, rough couple minutes.

let's than two minutes in the game, andre, and it is 1-0, canadians on top. and this is five minutes later. behind the net, backhanded. 2-0, montreal on top. and then he just cannot believe what is going on here. now, one last chance. five seconds to go, and it's 2-1 at this point. nick backstrom centers it, and none can get it past him, and 2-1 is the final. and you can tell, bruce says, yeah, we missed a big opportunity. >> when you think we let it slip away. we had game five in our building, and we play like crap in the first ten minutes and the game is over. >> so game six in montreal on

monday. nationals, also winners at home last night, against the dodgers. that's your sports minute. everybody have a great weekend. what is the secret sauce to southeast asian cooking. here is wendy rieger's "quick bites." >> reporter: you eat it and you think what is it? you know what that is? and you are here to tell us how we can get that in our own food. >> yeah, fish sauce brings death to everything that you put in it. it's made from anchovies. and something like this one, it's something that would be available at, say, a whole

foods. >> reporter: the asian market -- we do a lot of asian markets. >> yeah, we do. one thing to keep in mind with fish sauce is a little bit goes a long way, and you can tell that when you smell it. if you were to smell this raw and straight, you might think, oh, my god. >> reporter: what are we making here? >> there is a traditional vietnamese chicken salad. it has cabbage and red onions and mint and chicken. the dressing, basically, is fish sauce, water, dime juice, sugar, garlic, chillies and carrots. and it simplifies the cooking. and i will top it with nuts, because crunch is important in southeast asia cooking.

>> reporter: now you know the secret. thank you, joe. >> for more secrets, check out wash post.com /food. it's 9:26 right now. another metro derailment to tell you about where the train jumped the tracks overnight. and a new development in the deadly oil explosion. how it could affect plans for drilling off the virginia coast. and the suspect is not even old enough to vote in a porn bust.

good morning, and welcome back to "news4 today." >> the news is just ahead but first a quick check of the forecast. meteorologist, chuck bell, is live in hd here in our studio. >> for people that didn't know we were coming hd, i apologize for jumping out of the screen first thing on a saturday. not a bad way to get the weekend started. the good news,it will reduce the pollen count that remains high. it was 462 cubic grains. the rain showers should help reduce that a bit. temperatures made it into the upper 50s and low 60s right now, with a little bonus sunshine out

there around washington. but there are showers up there in western maryland, out towards winchester, and up towards toms brook in the shenandoah valley. rain showers are part of the forecast today. mostly cloudy day except where we are getting bonus sunshine this morning. if you are headed out to the national's game, taking on the dodgers at 1:05 for the first pitch. i think they will be able to get the game in. >> sounds good. we are following a developing story from northwest wash this morning. d.c. police are trying to figure out how a man fell to his death down a smoke stack down a nine-story building. it happened at 3:45 at the connecticut house apartments on the corner of connecticut avenue. firefighters say a group was on the roof when one man climbed up

a smoke stack and fell. crews found him at the bottom of the shaft in the lower level. the victim is believed to be in his 20s. he was not living in that building. new today, a man is in the hospital after being stabbed multiple times. the stabbing happened overnight in wheaton. police say the man was conscious and breathing and is currently in stable condition. police are still looking for his attacker. they think he might have gotten away in a blue vehicle. court papers show a suspect in the d.c. mass shooting is apparently cooperating with authorities. the documents outline the time line behind the killings. they begin when jordon howe was killed, and the next day the brother of the bracelet's owner was shot and wounded. according to court papers, carter vowed to shoot up howe's funeral for revenge.

and then carter order his men to steal nelson's gun, and then minutes later carter drove his men to carry out the drive-by shooting. cart carter and simms were captured. >> had they not done what they did, we would have nobody in custody. today we would have nobody. >> she is referring to the police officers that took action here. and the charges have been dropped against a 14-year-old that was originally charged. a child pornography investigation under way in prince william county led them to a minor suspect. news4's julie carry has the details. >> these are the search warrant documents that detailed the investigation conducted by a

police officer working with the internet crimes against children task force. the probe began in february with a tip. the local task force investigator tracked a suspect who was using an e-mail address at yahoo.com. police discovered numerous images of child porn had been sent from that address, and they discovered the suspect was a 16-year-old boy that lives in triangle. the police seized a computer and thumb drive. police cannot talk about the case or say whether charges have been filed. >> the problem with child pornography on the internet, it really has exploited and found on web sites and peer to peer environments. law enforcement, they have

trained people making cases every day because there is no shortage of cases to be made. >> reporter: she says investigators are seeing more cases involving adolescence. >> what we see here is child pornography investigations here and across the world, there is no stereotypical person being arrested. >> reporter: she says parents need to be vigilant to find out what their teens are accessing online to make sure they don't become a source of the line to the county's tip line. >> and a young man that answered the door at the triangle home said he had nothing to say about the police investigation. a metro train derailed last night in the rail yard in prince georges county. there were no passengers on the train, which was out of service. none of the employees onboard were injured. metro is investigating.

now for the latest on the oil rig explosion off the louisiana coast. the coast guard called off the search for survivors. the rescue turn into the the recovery mission of the bodies of the 11 missing workers. the announcement was made after three days of searching. the names of the workers have not been released. >> it is a difficult thing. i am a father and a husband as well. i have done this a few times before, and it's never easy. your heart goes out to these people in their time of trouble. >> the coast guard is working to clean up oil spilled after the collapse. this accident has some people rethinking president obama's new commitment to open up u.s. waters to drilling. the plan includes sites 50 miles off virginia's coast. ann thompson reports.

>> reporter: this is what first responders saw. the 11 missing workers, hopes were they could be found. the coast guard and the oil companies are trying to prevent an environmental tragedy. today a sheen of oil up to 100 square miles floats over the gulf, while officials say they don't see any oil spilling from the under water well head, they are taking no chances. oil containment booms made of vinyl or plastic materials are placed on the surface of the water around the spill. they keep the oil and any debris in a confined area. from the airplanes dropped thousands of gallons of chemicals that allowed it to

collect the oily water from the surface. despite the disaster, the white house today said president obama has no intention of backing away from his plan to expand offshore drilling announced last month. >> we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel, even as we ramp up renewable home grown energy. >> reporter: he wants to include the section of the arctic ocean north of alaska. as crews work to contain the damage, environmentalist worry about sperm whales and the possibility the oil could harm the wet lund and fishing community. >> there are risks. if you expand oil drilling you will see the risks off your shores. so if we make a decision, you need to know this is coming to your coast as well.

>> virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, is applauding the off-shore drilling decision. it's supposed to help you shake your way to michelle obama's arms. but does it really do that? we will take a look at what is new at the movies today. by the way, chuck says it may be a great day to stay indoors. he will tell you how long the

welcome back. the caps did not close it out, and the coach was not happy. >> here is dan with your sports. >> reporter: last night here at the verizon center, a chance to close out the series with the canadians. we will have a game six back in montreal on monday. it was a tough row to hoe early. rough start, early on. less than two minutes in, that quick shot right there beats the youngsters. it's 1-0, canadians on top. still first period. it's just about five minutes later now. ryan gionta behind the net, what a pretty backhanded goal this

was. and bruce cannot believe it. he is wondering what on earth is going on. second period, finally something going right. there is a crowd in front of the net here. carlson shoots. and ovi is there, and he never gives up. puts the capitals back in the ball game, and it's 2-1 now. five seconds left. last chance for the capitals. nick backstrom centers. and several capitals have a shot at it, and they cannot get it done. and we are going to a game six. bruce says that the early couple of goals hurt, but that was not the only thing that did them in. >> i would agree that it's part of the reason. the other reason is we are not getting 20 guys playing. we are getting 13 and 14 guys every night rather than everybody coming to play. tonight we had five or six passengers again. >> i think it was the worse

start when we start the game like this. and i think the first period was brutal. >> they have been around the whole series and played well the whole series, and, you know, we have to give them credit for probably coming under here under tough circumstances and sticking to the game plan and winning. so now they own us as we go back up there, and we look forward to the challenge. >> the capitals lose here at verizon center to the canadians. game six will be in montreal on monday. talking football now. redskins introduced their newest player, trent williams, the offensive tackle out of the university of oklahoma yesterday at redskins park. he said he is looking forward to blocking for donovan mcnabb on his blind side.

>> yeah, i get a chance to block for donovan, and he obviously has proved himself in the league time and time again, and it obviously will be, you know, fun. >> and then taking on the dodgers. a 24-year-old making his major league debut, and it could not have gone any better for the youngster. and then just 21 days after tommy johns surgery back in '06. and then at the top of the third, the only strikeout of the game. giving up just one run, and he got help, too. particularly from this man. bottom of the six, nats up 2-1, and two home runs in the game, and this one a two-run shot for dunn. and the nationals beat the dodgers by a score of 5-1. the big story last night, caps, losers to the canadians.

once again, game six on monday in montreal. that will do it from here. everybody have a great weekend. >> i don't like hearing caps and losers in the same sentence. >> unless montreal is mixed in there, and they are the losers, then it's okay. >> that's right. now let's turn to a real winner, chuck bell. yeah, all the great details coming straight up.

9:47 right now. time to check in with chuck. >> yeah, indeed we have a little bit of sunshine for folks in and around town hoping to get their day started on the right note, but rain will be part of the forecast today and tomorrow. it has been a fairly dry month so far, even though we don't like to play catchup in the rainfall department as we get into a weekend, everybody. and a little bonus sunshine here in the mid-morning hours of our saturday, at least right around town. we could see lots of sunshine here reaching the jefferson memorial there in downtown washington. the current temperature topped all the way up to 59 degrees at national airport. 62 here in beautiful northwest washington. it has been a dry april. april rainfall just over an inch, half of the average for

the month. boy, has it been warm. temperatures running 6.5 degrees above average. and 59 here in washington, and 57 in annapolis. baltimore, 56 this morning. and then generally 50s and low 60s out to the west as well. here is a check of live doppler. you get a sense that there is a couple sprinkles down to the south and west of washington, even though we are getting sunshine around here. also the ribbon of showers going into charles county and a couple sprinkles across west virginia as well. and then we get a general sense of the track mostly down to the south. and gradually there is more rain to come. next little area of showers lifting into southwestern ohio, and a real big-time severe weather in and around memphis,

tennessee, it will be a banner weather day across parts of arkansas, and mississippi, and move into the atlanta georgia area as well. typical of springtime now, firing up the big thunderstorms across the western ohio valley. this will be a busy day for the deep south. and some of the storm will be coming our way for tomorrow. the severe weather is for today. and slight moderate and high risk of severe weather down to the south and west. for tomorrow, though, that area of slight risk does move into the washington area, so we have to keep a weather eye to the sky on sunday afternoon. high pressure giving way allowing the warm front and all the showers and thunderstorms associated with it to come our way tomorrow. and rainfall amounts, not much through the course of the day. less than 1/10 of an inch. and then heavy rain coming through late tonight and

rainfall amounts generally closing in on an inch. for today, a few sunny breaks but becoming cloudy. and then for tomorrow, cloudy with rain and thunderstorms possible, and we have to watch out for one or two of the storms reach severe limits on your sunday. i think tomorrow will be the busiest day if we will have a threat for severe weather. if you need more sunshine back in your life, you don't have to wait forever for it. tuesday, wednesday and thursday of next week, a quieter pattern resum resumes. elite kcommandoes and j lo are all things you could see at the box office this weekend. members of a special forces unit are send in to the jungle on a search and destroy mission, but quickly get betrayed by one of the quickest enemies. they enlist the help of a

mysterious operative. "the losers" is rated pg-13. and then jennifer lopez decides it's time to listen to the biological clock in "the backup plan." she hopes to become a mother, but then unexpectedly meets the guy of her dreams after she starts the treatments and gets pregnant. very complicated. the backup plan is rated pg-13 also. and then the release of the new film "oceans." it uses the technology to cover the ocean's floor. it was produced by disney's nature. "oceans" is rated g. >> i saw clips for that and it's pretty spectacular, so maybe worth seeing. netflix scored topping $100

a share for the first time. the reason strong earnings helped in part by more people streaming their movies over the internet rather than wait for mail delivery. >> it's easier than ever to watch movies -- >> push play and it goes back to this spot. >> reporter: that's good news for netflix, it let's you stream movies live through your tv, computer or mobile devices. >> bottom line is netflix is the must-have now. >> and streaming is catching on big time. they are seeing monstrous growth in its subscriber rate and stock price as people stream movies instead of waiting for them to come in the mail. >> this is a behavior change for most consumers, most folks will

continue to love the dvd for some years, but streaming is the new behavior. >> reporter: hollywood video stores like this continue to shut down. blockbuster, now about as cutting edge as an outdoor pay phone. >> now we are turning on more devices than just your pc, which is important. >> reporter: tech watchers say they notice the viewing habits and like the netflix strategy. anything that we can come up with, that you can consume this on -- >> faster movie delivery on movie devices set over the internet, and a win for the consumer and a loss for the post office. scott budman, nbc news. it's called party with a purpose, and the event will be

under way today at tyson's corner for a new cause. >> we were just talking, and i have to say, we know you are married to profootball hall of famer, darryl green, and you are not unfamiliar to nbc 4. >> i was just saying our first date was here at this studio. darryl had become friends with the family, and he was coming over for dinner one day and he said i have to do a george michaels show, and would you go with me? and i thought it would be like a field trip, and i sat in the green room while he did the set with george and it was a fun time. >> it changed a little, hasn't it? >> yeah, it has changed a lot. i have spent time looking at the new cameras i thought i might forget what i am supposed to talk about. >> you met him -- >> yeah, everything goes back. >> fashion great cause, coming

together. >> a few years back i started a personal shopping service for my custome customers, and from there we got big and said okay, let's take this to the public so it's not a small intimate and darryl and i were in haiti -- not haiti, florida when the earthquake happened. i said we have to do an event and give something back in the dmv and not someplace else. we put it together quick and are excited about it. >> you have a charity fashion event today. >> yeah, i keep looking at the watch going oh, my god. yeah, we are excited and people can come and pay at the door, there is a $25 admission to get in. and we have great things to eat and fun stuff. >> where do people need to go? >> ritz-carlton, tyson's corner.

>> who is invited? >> age limit is 18 and it's indefinite. we will meet and greet and talk about the draft and what is happening -- >> he can talk to the guys. >> yeah, they are not controlling the credit card so much then. so he will entertain them. and mike williams is coming, and darryl's era, still meet and greet, and just having a good time. >> a little more about the fashion aspect. there is hair and -- >> yeah, we have a little pamper area, and then we have clothing vendors and shoes. everything you can imagine. handbags and everything. >> sounds like a lot of fun. all my favorite things in one room. >> we appreciate you coming back. happy anniversary. >> thank you very much.

it was wonderful. >> good luck with the event today. >> the money, you said, goes to the victims -- >> we teamed up with the nfl who is doing a pledge for one team for haiti, and we are funneling into that and it will be one check. >> thank you. it's 9:58 right now. still another half hour of "news4 today." including, an update on a news story we are following in the district. >> reporter: a man

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good morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 today." i am kimberly suiters. i am aaron gilchrests. our news headlines in a second, but first a check on the forecast. for that we turn to meteorologist, chuck bell, who is in the new studio for us. >> it's an hd forecast for anything you want to do. the sun is out -- >> people are wondering, does chuck bell know what he is talking about? >> believe me, there are moments where even i wonder sometimes. there is rain on the radar right now, so you have to split your allegiances a little bit. and there is the jefferson amoral under a cloudy sky in

washington this morning. the pollen count remains high. 452. but rain showers will help to clear the pollen out of the sky. and a little sunshine will eventually put temperatures in the low and mid-60s today. and severe weather to the south, but here on the local doppler a couple showers there in manassas and into southern maryland, so a few sunny breaks. but scattered showers today, and if you are heading out to the nationals and dodgers game, first pitch, 1:05 today. have your poncho ready to go, but hopefully the game will sneak in rain free. >> sounds good. okay. this morning, we are following developing story out of northwest d.c. police are trying to figure out how a man fell down a smoke stack to his death. >> news4's derrick ward joins us

from the scene with details. what happened. >> reporter: let me set the scene for you. this is a nine-story apartment building here on the roof. there is a patio, and it's a fenced in area with tables and chairs with a commanding view of the city. this is a quiet building, and most days are uneventful, but that changed this morning. at 3:45 this morning, police, fire and ems arrived here and were responding to a report that a member of a group of people gathered on the roof top patio, and disappeared down an air shaft on the roof. >> when we arrived on the scene, we were greeted by -- firefighters were greeted by people who indicated that they were on the roof, and an acquaintance climbed up what was described as a smoke stack and apparently had fallen down. rescue workers went to the roof and went down to the lower

levels, and we were able to very quickly find an adult male at the bottom of the shaft area, the lower level of the eight oer nine-story building. >> reporter: the victim is identified as a 20-year-old man, or a man in his 20s, and pronounced dead on the scene. we are told he was visiting the building and not a resident. he fell some 100 feet. and police are investigating this incident and do tell us they believe alcohol was a factor in the incident. we are live in northwest, and back to you. >> thank you. sarah palin took the stands in tennessee against the man accused of hacking into her private e-mail act in 2008. prosecutors say david colonel posted private information about sarah palin on the internet, including a phone number of palin's daughter. he said his actions were meant as a prank, and palin said it

impacted the way she communicated with her family during the campaign. >> he faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted. investigators may have to wait yet another month before they can get inside the upper big branch mine to figure out the cause of the deadly explosion. 29 miners died in west virginia earlier this month. investigators say high levels of two potentially explosive gases have been detected inside the mine, and say a fire could be burning as well. they are trying to find out what sparked the explosion. a group of protesters brought attention to the monta sary fund. they simulated a tug of war over a giant penny after a small march yesterday. several streets around the world bank buildings are closed, and the streets will remained blocked off until sunday evening, and there are parking

restrictions that last until 6:00 monday morning. and then a d.c. auditor's report says a vehicle assigned to mayor fenty has nearly $800 in unpaid fines. and one assigned to school chancellor reid has many fines. the fines from various d.c. agencies total 7$2,000. we take a look at the top videos of the last five years that led to youtube's success. and then a workout that promises bulging bicepses, but does the shake weight put it to the test? and chuck will tell us

brand-new information into news4 right now about planned work on metro this weekend. we just learned metro cancelled the work on the orange and blue lines, and that means you can expe

expect to ride that. you have seen ads for the shake weight. >> it claims to be a new way to workout your bicepses and t triceps. but does it work? >> when i was young and thin, my arms were not very toned, so i saw this on tv, and i thought to give it a try. >> the revolutionary new way to shape arms you will love. >> we sent it to kimberly brooks in springfield, virginia. she wanted to see if the weight and the dvd could give her the arms she always wanted. it cost us about $38, and $19.95

and shipping and handling. >> you will be have arms you can show up. >> but does it work. >> reporter: she used the shake weight for six minutes every day. i thought you are supposed to move it. you are supposed to hold it here at shoulder height and shake it or shake it behind your back. >> reporter: it claims to create multidirectional resistance using technology. >> can you feel tension during the workout? especially if you are not using any type of weights. but you do get stronger, and then you are like, well, the weight doesn't change. my arms hurt a little bit, but no more when i am gardening. >> reporter: it promises to give you long, lean, muscles in your

arms. >> i wanted to get rid of this area, and slim them out and get a little muscle there, but i did not do that. >> reporter: the women on the tv look great. >> i think their claims are overblown, because you still have to lose weight and work off any additional fat. >> reporter: but she says the shake weight did not solve her upper arm dilemma. >> reporter: so the shake weight does not really do that? >> no. >> reporter: for $38, would you buy it? >> absolutely not. >> liz contacted the company that makes it, and it said it has nearly a million satisfied customers. and they say it will show results over a few weeks. the shake weight offers a 30-dam30-day money back guarantee, and she kept it longer, so she will hold on to her shake weight.

>> i bought some of the gadgets before, and all the conditions come along with them. >> we'll be right back.

if you started your golf game at 5:00 a.m., you will in the clear by now. >> you started in the dark, and now we get bonus sunshine out there first thing on the saturday morning, so enjoy it while you can. not a washout today, but scattered showers will be across

the area, especially if you folks down in northern virginia, and southern maryland. and then as you look outside from our city camera view, a sky which is getting grayer and grayer all the time here in washington. the current temperature holding at 61 degrees. only have had half of the average rainfall this month, and it has been warm. 61 is our current temperature. only a little over an inch of rain so far in the month of april. but you can see the temperatures, 6.4 degrees warmer than average. and then frederick, maryland, up to 64. and prince georges county, 60 degrees there. mid and upper 50s across much of virginia and down into southern maryland, because that's where the light rain showers are now. and so we will zoom in. st. mary's county, and a couple

light sprinkles there. fairfax county, from falls church, and a couple light showers there. and then on up in the mountains, winchester, burrillville, and one or two lonely rain drops, but that's about it. and as i put this in motion, these are tracking down to the south and southeast, so much of suburb en maryland is dry at ths time. and already tornado watch boxes up. look at all the tornado warnings to the south of memphis. a hard-hit area for severe weather for today. we will have a chance for some severe weather around here as we get into your sunday afternoon. and big area of low pressure still way out across parts of the northern plains. moisture and lift in our direction. the first ban of showers coming through, and more showers with a rum you will or two coming our way tomorrow.

and then as we get into tomorrow, we will be under the gun for a slight chance for severe weather around here. so just sort of keep that in mind. how much rainfall? zoom in on the microcast hd. light through the rest of the day, and overnight the rain showers comes in, maybe an inch or inch and a half in some spots. mostly cloudy today, and a risk of a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. temperatures generally in the low to mid-60s today, and low to mid-70s on sunday, though. and a rumble or two possible on monday. and tuesday k back to standard issues, and that's it. five years is nearly a lifetime in internet years, and now one of the westbound's mob'

sites is celebrating its anniversary. >> we look at youtube. it all started here at 8:27 here on saturday april 23rd, 2005. this clip was posted on a new website called youtube. few people heard of it that day. things have changed a bit since then. today is it one of the most popular web sites on the internet, and it's believed 20 hours of video are up loaded to the site every minute. it would take you 600 years to watch all the videos. youtube's slogan is broadcast yourself, anybody can post video of themselves. anybody can become an instant celebrity. 15 minutes of fame could come from a 15-second clip. >> i can't understand her! >> reporter: youtube is just now starting to earn money. google bought it last year for

$1.5 billion, and it's not clear when it will start to make a profit. what is clear is that with 100 million videos shown a day, youtube will out last obama girl and chocolate rainman and every other ordinary person turned into a celebrity with just a few clicks of the mouse. the time is 10:20. an amazing rescue caught on tape. a police officer saves a baby from a burning house.

the caps were not able to close it out at home. and the coach is not too pleased. good morning, everybody. last night here at verizon center a chance for the capitals to close out their series with the canadians, and instead they could not get it done. we will have a game six back in montreal on monday. it was a tough row to hoe early. and this is how the coach said he did not want to start the game. rough start, early on. and andre, he beats the youngster. and it's 1-0, canadians on top. still first period. it's just about five minutes later now. brian behind the net, and what a

pretty back-handed goal. and the coach cannot believe it, wondering what on earth is going on. and then finally something going right. a crowd in front of the net here. john carlson shoots, and then the capitals back in the ball game. it's 2-1 now. five seconds left. last chance for the capitals. nick backstrom centers. and several caps have a shot at it, but cannot get it done. 2-1 is the final. we are going to a game six. bruce says the early goals hurt, but that was not the only thing that did them in. >> i would agree it's part of the reason. the other reason is we are not getting 20 guys playing, we are getting 13 and 14 guys every night, rather than everybody coming to play. tonight we had five or six

passengers again. >> i think it was our worse start. we can't win the game like this. i think the first period was brutal. >> they have been around the whole series and played well the whole series, and, you know, we have to give them credit for coming in here, probably in real tough circumstances, and sticking to the game plan and winning. so now they own us as we go back up there and we are looking for the challenge. >> 2-1, they lose to the canadians. the capitals still lead, of course, and game six will be in montreal on monday. redskins introduce their newest player, trent williams the offensive tackle out of the university of oklahoma, yesterday at redskins park. he said he is very much looking forward for blocking for donovan mcnabb on his blind side.

>> i blocked for sam, and now i get a chance to block for donovan. he obviously has proven himself in the league time and time again. so it's going to be, you know, fun. >> baseball now, nationals taking on the dodgers. what a night for the 24-year-old making his major league debut, and realistically it could not have gone better. and then in the top of the third, the only strikeout of the game. he was solid, and goes five innings and gives up one run. he got help, too. particularly from this man. bottom of the six, nats up 2-1. one on and one gone for adam dunn. and a two-run shot then for dunn, and the nationals beat the dodgers by a score of 5-1. the big story, though, last

night, caps lose to the canadians. once again, there will be a game six on monday in montreal. that will do it from here, and everybody have a great weekend. all right. it was caught on video from a police car dash cam. the heroic actions of a police officer. >> the officer arrived to the house on fire only to hear the mother screaming her baby was still inside. the officer rushed to the back and went into the burning home and emerged from the 21-month-old girl, escaping the blaze before the roof collapsed. the girl and mother were taken to the nearby hospital and have been released since then, and the fire was started by a cigarette. we will be back tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. until then, we hope have you a great day. ♪

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